Chton

As most know, Norway is far more well-known for black metal than
traditional death metal, but there are some Norwegian bands playing
death metal, and Chton is one of them.
In some respects Chton isn't terribly different from a lot of other
bands in the field, but on the other hand their tendency to stick
to mid-paced crunch rather than hyperspeed technicality gives them
a slight edge to these ears, particularly when things really come
together on tracks such as personal favorite "Enemie" or the closing
riffs of "Hammered (Down)".
Overall Chtonian Lifecode isn't a perfect album, and it may not
even be a great album (too many songs sound too similar), but
there's potential here.